Tuesday, March 20, 2012

From what I understand, the major cause for
problems were a bug with powersources causing all your armor to be
labeled as Prestige even when it shouldn't have been.

The level at
which the Prestige flag is set is going to be a topic of discussion at
our weekly meeting tomorrow morning, but nothing that comes out of that
meeting will be in the Thursday patch. That will have to wait until the
next patch.

All EverQuest Live Servers will be coming down
on Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 2:00 am US Pacific* for a Game Update.
The servers are estimated to be unavailable for approximately 6 hours.
Keep an eye on the EQ Players website and the forums for status updates
and for news if additional downtime is needed.

Thursday, March 15, 2012

The 13th anniversary events this year last for 13
weeks. The older events should last 1 month. The usual reason for the
extension is when there are gating [sic] bugs. Those were fixed for previous
ones. We of course hope we have none for the new ones.

In previous years the anniversary events lasted for six weeks, so the older events will actually be around for two weeks less than previous years.

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

To help celebrate EverQuest's 13th birthday,
there will be bonus experience, an increased spawn rate on rare mobs and
a special 13 themed marketplace sale. These specials will run 3/16/2012
through 3/31/2012.

Yet to be answered, the percentage of bonus xp and if the dates are for the bonus xp and spawn rate or just the marketplace sale.

UPDATE: It appears that the bonus xp will be an additional 30% and that both the bonus xp and rare spawn rate increase will be from 3/16/2012 through 3/31/2012.

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

We're celebrating EverQuest's 13th birthday! Beginning at 12:01 AM
PDT on Friday, March 16, 2012, we will be launching EverQuest Free to
Play. Your Way. This year we are combining it with one of the most
exciting things to happen in the history of EQ. Mark your calendars and
get ready for one huge celebration, with 13th Anniversary events and the
transition to free-to-play both coming on March 16!

To celebrate EverQuest's 13th birthday, players will be able to embark on
anniversary missions and quests. Stop by the Plane of Knowledge to join
the celebration. Just look for the festive anniversary décor to get
started.

There are thirteen new themed quests, including a
spectacular mission as some of the greatest villains of EverQuest, a
raid to stop a familiar face from gaining ultimate power, and over 40
events from past anniversaries.

Events will be updated as they are discovered at Fanra's EverQuest Wiki Anniversary page. Naturally, expect sites like Allakhazam to also have info. Checking several sites as well as the official SOE forum tends to work best if you want to know about the latest info.

Monday, March 12, 2012

On Thursday, March 15, 2012, at 12:01 AM PDT* (midnight) the
EverQuest servers will be taken offline in preparation for the launch of
EverQuest Free to Play. Your Way. Downtime is expected to last until
Friday, March 16, 2012, at 12:01 AM PDT (midnight).

This year we
are combining the Anniversary update with EverQuest going free-to-play,
so the servers will be down for a full 24 hours. More information about
the 13th Anniversary will be posted later this week.

There is some confusion as to whether this is Thursday or Friday, as the statement by using the word, "midnight", makes it unclear.

Currently, no one at SOE has clarified the issue. However, from posts by players on their forum, it appears that the game will be down on Thursday and the use of the word, "midnight", by SOE was a mistake by them and it should never have been added to the statement.

UPDATE: Assuming that SOE got it correct, the latest information on the Anniversary Celebration states it begins on Friday, so we can assume that the downtime will be all day Thursday and the servers are planned to be up on Friday.

Wednesday, March 07, 2012

The EverQuest US servers will be taken offline for a quick server re-start at 12:45 PM PST. The downtime is expected to last one hour. Antonius Bayle will be taken offline for a quick server re-start at 16:00 PM PST. The downtime is expected to last one hour.

All US servers will be down from 12:45 PM PST until 13:45 PM PST.
Antonius Bayle will be down from 16:00 PM PST until 17:00 PM PST.

We apologize for this interruption and will open the servers as quickly as the maintenance is completed.

Monday, March 05, 2012

Important: We
will perform maintenance beginning at 11:00 PM Pacific* on March 5,
2012. Login for all games will be unavailable starting at 11:00 PM on
March 5, 2012, to approximately 5:00 AM Pacific* on March 6, 2012. There
will be extended downtime for account management and commerce
transactions, and the forums will be read only, until approximately 7:00
AM Pacific* on March 6, 2012.

EverQuest will also have server
maintenance during this downtime. Povar and Antonius Bayle will be taken
down at 03:00 AM. Once the login maintenance is complete, Antonius
Bayle and Povar will be open for play. Players that log into the Test
server before the maintenance starts should not be impacted.

All
of the other EverQuest servers will be taken offline at 12:00 AM
Pacific* on Tuesday, March 6, 2012. The estimated downtime for this
maintenance is 12:00 AM to approximately 04:00 PM Pacific* on March 6,
2012. If the maintenance is completed early the servers may be opened up
before the estimated time.

We apologize for this interruption and will resume all affected services as soon as the maintenance is completed.

All of the EverQuest servers (except for
Antonius Bayle) were taken down at 12:00 AM Pacific* on Tuesday, March
6, 2012. The servers are being moved to a new location and having all of
their hardware upgraded. This downtime has unfortunately taken a little
longer then planned. The new estimated time for completion and
reopening of the servers for play is 12:00 AM PST March 7, 2012.

We apologize for this interruption and will keep you informed if this information changes.